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Rethinking Liberal Arts in the Digital Agenew
They didn't teach genderfuck, iteration, or micropolitics when I was in college. But times have changed. And nowadays, they maybe should consider it. At least so says Tim Carmody, who, along with his co-proprietors of the blog Snarkmarket and a coterie of other Web-based deep thinkers, has put together a book called The New Liberal Arts.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-23-2009 |
Education
Swipe Happy: How Paying Tuition With Plastic Can Cost Younew
Since February 2008, University of Virginia students have been able to pay tuitions online through Quik Pay@UVA using an e-check, which drafts money from checking accounts or credit cards. But paying by credit card involves an additional 2.75 percent convenience fee.
C-Ville Weekly |
Caitlin Speaker |
07-15-2009 |
Education
Help Is On the Way For Student Borrowersnew
Each month, with miserable certitude, the snail-mailboxes of middle-class twenty- and thirtysomethings are stuffed with student-loan bills, from both federal and private lenders. The balance seems to remain stagnant, even as we mail in check after check. But a new federal program that went into effect on July 1 aims to help overburdened student borrowers.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-09-2009 |
Education
How Oregon's Largest Teachers Union Helped Shape Charter Schools Billnew
Online charter school supporters have obtained emails between a lobbyist for the state's teachers union and an Oregon Department of Education staff attorney. Those emails, they say, show that the lawyer for the ostensibly neutral state agency tinkered with a bill to serve the union's interests and contradicted written instructions from Oregon State Board of Education chairman Duncan Wyse.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
06-17-2009 |
Education
A Santa Fe Teacher Calls It Quits–But Not for the Reasons You'd Thinknew
At the heart of one teacher's decision to leave Santa Fe lies a golden opportunity just missed—a revolution in education that never came to be.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Seth Biderman |
06-04-2009 |
Education
Oregon Episcopal School's Headmaster Resigns After Racy Emails Surfacenew
The headmaster at Oregon Episcopal School resigned Monday after suggestive emails he sent from his work account to another man circulated among parents.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
06-03-2009 |
Education
Baltimore Bookstore Works to Create a Free Schoolnew
The latest endeavor for Red Emma's, a Baltimore bookstore and activist hive, is building a free school to introduce an alternative to the usual institutional school tuition system.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
06-02-2009 |
Education
Students Protest Military Recruitment at Halifax Schoolsnew
Students from various Halifax high schools are petitioning the school board to remove Department of Defence recruiters from school grounds.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Becky Thomas |
05-29-2009 |
Education
Milwaukee District Attorney Still Investigating Advocates for Student Achievementnew
The "reform" group created by a Milwaukee Public Schools board member is still under investigation by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-15-2009 |
Education
Florida International University Spends Big Bucks on Bureaucratsnew
Even as the FIU president's salary is rising, the university is slashing majors, departments, and jobs. And it's raising tuition.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
05-04-2009 |
Education
Straight From Law School to Unemploymentnew
After spending $120,000 on a law-school education, this year's grads' best options are with Nervous, Stressed, and Depressed, LLC.
Boston Phoenix |
Kara Baskin |
04-30-2009 |
Education
Tags: law school, recession
A Pittsburgh School for Troubled Students Is Making Progressnew
Clayton Academy is in charge of educating the Pittsburgh's most academically and behaviorally challenged 6th- through 12th-grade students. This year, officials say there have been noticeable behavior improvements at the school. When it comes to academics, though, doubts remain.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
04-27-2009 |
Education
The Bizarre Case of the People vs. Steve Rocconew
Former Orange Unified School District trustee Steve Rocco claims that a secretive cabal is the real power behind Orange County government. Now he stands accused of stealing a bottle of Heinz ketchup from a Chapman University cafeteria.
JROTC Is Under Fire in S.F. Schoolsnew
It has been a quintessential only-in-San Francisco battle -- the military ambassadors playing the rogues, and the lefty progressives as the establishment -- and one that will not die.
When Playing Doctor Is Like a Video Gamenew
How a Medical College of Georgia professor uses video game technology to teach students about examining your private parts and understanding how you feel about it.
Metro Spirit |
Tom Grant |
03-24-2009 |
Education
Tags: D. Scott Lind, medical education
